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Obesity, Feet, and the Impact on Health Care

May 16, 2012

Continue Reading: Obesity, Feet, and the Impact on Health Care

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Meet a few of the 100-trillion lifeforms that call your body "home"

May 15, 2012

Meet a few of the 100-trillion lifeforms that call your body “home” :

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Sick of studying for the SAT? No worries, just get your brain scanned, instead.

May 15, 2012

We’re Heading Towards a Future Where Brain Scans Replace the Scholastic Aptitude Test:

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From SALSA Alum Sugam Bhatnagar: ‘Heart Team’ Pairs PCI and Robotic CABG – in Meeting Coverage, SCAI

May 13, 2012

Medical News: ‘Heart Team’ Pairs PCI and Robotic CABG – in Meeting Coverage, SCAI from MedPage Today

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Great Talk by @gzicherm on gamification: Games for the Game of Life

May 13, 2012

Superb talk at TNW by Gabe Zichermann.

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Malvern 2012 Science Bites

May 12, 2012

Some key tidbits from the 2012 Malvern, UK Diabetic Foot Conference: End stage renal disease is 2.5x greater than 10 y ago and amputation risk 3 fold and 9 fold in people w diabetes: Andros, Malvern, 2012 10 FOLD variation in AMPUTATIONS in UK and USA. Would this be tolerated in cancer? Jeffcoate at Malvern UK: 38k new cases of diabetic foot ulcers/yr, comp to breast cancer at 41k but 5 yr mortality is more than 4x worse

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VIDEO: Peripheral Artery Disease Illustrated

May 8, 2012
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Howdy from SALSA en route to Malvern, UK

May 8, 2012

On behalf of Bijan Najafi, we bring greetings en route to Malvern, UK and the venerable Diabetic Foot Meeting. We promise to send regards to 300 of our friends in the limb salvage family, worldwide

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Baby, we were born to…stroll?

May 8, 2012

Here’s a terrific article on the benefits of the contemplative perambulation. Enjoy.

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Physicians say ‘no thanks’ to risky ACOs

May 8, 2012

Physicians are passing on accountable care organizations (ACO) and other alternative payment care models, Medscape reported.

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